BALTIMORE (WJZ)–A steady trend has developed over the past six decades. Fewer people are living in rural areas, and more are in cities and towns.

Keep that in mind as Mike Schuh has more about the place where the best of rural life is showcased.

This walk into the Cow Palace is a chance for some to see something for the first time.

Schuh: “Everyone knows eggs come from the store and milk from a plastic jug.”
Laura Kefavver, 4-H of Baltimore County: “That’s true. And that was where we were going with this: Milk from a cow, eggs from a chicken.”

To milk a cow, to make ice cream in a bag, is to open minds.

“For one example, there are children who say that chocolate milk comes from chocolate cows, which isn’t true,” Zia Fields, a 4-H educator, said. “The flavoring is added later. So it’s important for children to know where their food comes from and the best way to understand that is to see it.”